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Central VT Safe Disposal Guide

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Aerosol cans, empty, toxics (pesticides, paint, solvents, etc.)

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Expect fees

Landfill Banned Item

Landfill Banned Item

Special Recycling

No

Trash

Can go in the trash

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Aerosol cans, empty, food grade & personal care products
Aerosol cans, empty, toxics (pesticides, paint, solvents, etc.)
Aerosol cans, not empty, toxics (pesticides, paint, solvents, etc.)
Air conditioners, AC window units
Aluminum: cans, pie plates, foil, siding, etc. (smaller than 4x4 feet)
Ammonia
Ammunition
Antifreeze, Coolant, & Glycol:
Appliances, large, metal (aka “white goods” refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, etc.)
Appliances, small (microwaves, coffee makers, blenders, etc.)
Arsenic or CCA pressure-treated wood & pallets
Asbestos, asbestos-containing materials
Asphalt
Asphalt shingles, new, reusable
Asphalt shingles, nonreusable
Automobiles, vehicles, cars and trucks
Automotive Fluids: transmission, gear, crankcase, & motor oil
Baby Furniture: changing table, crib, high chair, playpen, stroller, tent, wagon
Baby Supplies: diapers, slings, sheets, bottles, baths, potty training, etc.
Bags, purses, backpacks
Ballasts, non-PCB, for fluorescent lights
Ballasts, PCB, for fluorescent lights
Batteries, large Lithium (Li or Li-ion) (E-bike, E-lawnmower, E-chainsaw, etc.)
Batteries, lithium-ion, damaged or swollen
Batteries- Automotive: lead acid, marine/boat
Batteries- Large Lithium Ion: electric car, industrial, solar system
Batteries- Under 11lbs: single use & rechargeable
Beer bottle caps
Bicycle Tubes:
Binders & Zipper Binders:
Bleach & Bleach-Based Products:
Books: hardcover or paperback
Boxboard
Bread tabs
Brita filters and packaging
Broken fluorescent bulbs and CFLs
Building materials
Caps & Lids- Metal:
Caps and lids, plastic
Car seats, infant and toddler
Carpeting and rugs
Cartons, coated (milk, juice, broth, etc.)
Cases- Plastic: CD/DVD, video & audio tape
Cassettes & Discs: CDs, DVDs, VHS, Blu-ray, LaserDisc, floppies, etc.
Catalogs
CD and DVD players
Cell phone cases
Ceramic toilets, sinks, and fixtures
Chip and popcorn bags
Christmas trees and wreaths, metal
Christmas trees, real
Cigarette Butts:
Clean wood (natural wood, stumps, roots, lumber that has never been painted, stained, or treated)
Cleaning Products: oven & toilet cleaners, drain openers, etc.
Clothing, sheets, towels, footwear, hats, gloves, belts, scarves, jewelry & soft bags
Computer disks, CDs & DVDs (music, movies, video games)
Computer monitors, any type - CRTs, flat-panel, LCD, and plasma displays
Computer peripherals - mouse, keyboards, scanners, external hard drives, modems, routers, computer speakers
Computers, desktops, laptops, notebooks, and netbooks
Concrete and masonry
Construction and demolition debris
Copiers and printers, floor model
Cords, cables, adaptors, and electrical wires
Corks: natural or artificial
Corrugated cardboard, uncoated
Covid-19 Home Test Kits
Creosote & soot
Dehumidifiers
Dimensional lumber, wood boards
Documents for shredding
Drink pouches (juice, cocktails, etc.)
Egg cartons, paper
Egg cartons, plastic
Egg cartons, styrofoam
Eyeglasses
Fabric & Textiles: bedding, curtains, table cloths, rags, etc.
Fax machines
Fertilizers, chemical
Fire extinguishers
Fireworks and explosives
Flammable liquids
Flower pots, plant pots, ceramic or clay
Flower pots, plant pots, plastic (non-black)
Food for donation
Food grade cooking oil
Food scraps, food waste
Fuel and fuel mixes
Furniture, couches, sofas, recliners, etc.
Game consoles, video game systems
Gasoline and gas/oil mixtures
Gift wrap, metallic, foil, shiny, sparkle, coated
Gift wrap, wrapping paper, plain only
Glass Bottles and Jars, Broken
Glass bottles and Jars, Unbroken
Glassware and ceramics
Hand and power tools
Hazardous chemical containers, empty (used motor oil, bleach, cleaners, disinfectants, pesticides, etc.)
Hearing aids, batteries removed
Helium Tanks- Emptied:
Holiday string lights, Christmas lights
Hydraulic Fluids:
Instrument strings (used), metal
Instrument strings (used), nylon or other
Instrument Strings- Unused: metal, nylon, other
iPods, MP3 and music players
Irons
Joint compound and spackling
Junk mail
Kerosene
Lawn mower, gas powered, push mower (fluids drained)
Lead paint chips
Lead paint wood
Lead sinkers
Light Bulbs- Fluorescent: broken
Light Bulbs- Fluorescent: intact
Light bulbs/lamps, incandescent, halogen, LED, UV (no neon)
Lighting fixtures
Luggage:
Magazines
Maple Sugaring Tubing / Lines:
Masks, Face
Mattresses and box springs
Media-players, e-readers
Medical Equipment & Supplies: CPAP, crutches, toilet stands, walkers, wheelchairs, etc.
Medical Sharps: hypodermic needles, lancets, syringes, sharps
Medical waste
Medications: prescriptions, pharmaceutical drugs & pills
Mercury (liquid, loose, broken mercury-containing products)
Mercury thermostats, unbroken
Mercury-containing devices, unbroken (thermometers, switches, relays, sensors)
Metal cans
Metal Roofing & Siding:
Microwave ovens
Mothballs (paradichlorobenzene)
Motor oil:
Musical Instruments:
Newspaper
Oil Filters:
Packing Peanuts: Styrofoam or starch
Paint (automotive, non-architectural, not household)
Paint cans, empty, metal
Paint cans, empty, plastic
Paint- Architectural: primers, stains, deck & concrete sealers, clear finishes, labelled in original cans
Paper
Paper bags
Pellet stove bags
Pens, Crayons, Markers, Pencils School / Office Supplies:
Personal electronics (GPS Units, cameras, Mp3 players, etc.)
Phone books
Phones, cell
Phones, landline
Pizza Boxes:
Plastic bins and totes
Plastic Film #2 & #4: stretchy bags, bubble wrap, shipping envelopes, shrink wrap, etc.
Plastic Rigid Containers:
Poisons: fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, pesticides
Prescription pill, vitamin, and supplement bottles, greater than 2"x2"
Prescription pill, vitamin, and supplement bottles, less than 2"x2"
Printer, copier, toner, ink cartridges
Printers, desktop
Propane tanks
Pump heads and spray triggers
Rags, oily
Refrigerators and freezers, dorm-style
Refrigerators and freezers, standard size or larger
Rigid Can Carriers- Rigid: beer or soda
Scrap metal, 4'x4' and larger
Scrap metal, under 4’x4’
Shaving razors, blades, and packaging
Sheetrock, drywall, and gypsum board
Shoes, clean, dry, and in pairs
Shredded paper (in clear bag)
Ski and snowboard equipment
Small kitchen appliances
Smoke detectors
Solar Panels:
Solvents (paint thinner, laquer thinner, acetone)
Speakers, stereos and stereo systems
Steel cans
Stoves, ovens, ranges
Styrofoam blocks and packaging
Televisions, TVs, CRTs, flat-panel, LCD, and plasma displays, tablets
Tennis balls
Tires- Commercial Truck:
Tires- Motorcycle:
Tires- Passenger Vehicle:
Toothbrushes, empty toothpaste tubes, dental floss containers
Trees, logs, stumps, and roots
Tyvek:
Untreated wood and pallets
Vacuum cleaners
Vape Pens & Cartridges:
VCRs
VHS tapes
Vinyl records
Water coolers, household
Water heater
Windows and doors
Wire
Wood Ash:
Yard waste - leaves, grass clippings, brush, branches & limbs under 1"
Ziploc Storage Plastic Bags:

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